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From: George Fricke glfricke@optonline.netTo: Kari Northup karinorthup@comcast.netSent:
Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:42 AMSubject: MoreNote: George Fricke is
the historian of the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, Somerset
Co., New JerseyKari, Follows is my best effort. I hope it makes sense:

As
I said in my previous email, we have no information on John Brees who died March
4, 1803 or Dorothy Riggs who died November 23, 1803. It is possible they are both
buried in our graveyard. Of the 800 plus stones, we can only identify about 450.
Many are illegible or have deteriorated beyond repair.Following is all that
we have on the names you show as their children, From the dates, it looks like
they could be their children:There was a John Breese who was a Revolutionary
War Veteran and pew holder for the periods 1763-1777 and 1783-1786.There is
no info on Hannah Gildersleeve.No info on Mary or May Breese.There is
a Benjamin Hinds who was a Rev.War Vet. and pew holder 1763-1777.Nothing on
Ralph Dayton.Our trustee records show a Azarizh Breese who was a pew holder
for the periods 1783-1786, 1787-1792, and 1795-1802.Nothing on Susan Gildersleeve.
But we do have a Silas Gildersleeve Brees who was Baptised July 14 1805, and was
a pew holder in the period 1817-1832. His parents are shown ad John Brees b. 1778,
d. Jan 17, 1861 and Elizabeth (Betsey) Raynor, b. 1780, d. August 18, 1820.I
found Esther Hanville married to James Hanville. This must be Esther Brees. I
will attach more info on these two.Nothing on Anna Brees, Noah Hammond.I
show a Henry Brees who was a pew holder for the periods 1783-1786, 1787-1792,
and 1795-1802.Nothing on Sarah Brees.I found a Stephen Brees who is shown
as a carpenter in the 1818 survey. I will attach more on him.I found no Samuel
Brees, Hannah Pierson, or Catherine. I have input every name I could find
in all our paper records into Family Tree Maker. The attachments are reports from
this program. I hope this helps some. Our records do not show relationships
so your info helps me to tie some of these Brees's together.George

!NAME VARIATIONS: 1st Church
Morristown lists marriage record with spellingof surname as BREIS.BREES-
This is probably the true spelling. Most records use this spelling and his Will
was signed "Azariah Brees".BREESE- Basking Ridge Church records
and some Bernards County tax records use this variation.BREECE- One instance
found of this spelling variation in Bernards County tax record of 1818.